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mail order

NOUN
shopping by mail
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She now has a team of 14 in the bakery, sends her biscuits all over the country, and has partnered with a mail order flower firm.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

To determine whether a pharmacy service was mail order, in-person or another type, the analysis used the classification listed in the record of each prescription.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 27, 2025

Colonna Brothers of North Bergen, N.J., recalled 1.5-ounce Ground Cinnamon and 2.25-ounce Supreme Tradition Ground Cinnamon distributed nationwide and through mail order.

From Salon Nov. 12, 2024

We get all of our car rentals from Costco, and we first started using the Costco pharmacy in the warehouse but now we get it all mail order from Costco, and that’s a tremendous saving.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2023

He had quit my Aunt Mary’s by then and was working for the McCoy Publishing Company, a mail order business that supplied emblems, aprons, and books to the Masonic Order.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride



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